The President is optimistic that the daily vaccination target of one million doses would be achieved in July, 2021 and two million doses and, if necessary, five million doses by August, 2021Jakarta (ANTARA) - As many as 232,046 Indonesians received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, taking the number of fully vaccinated people to 14,267,980, the COVID-19 Response Task Force reported.
The number of people receiving their first COVID-19 dose rose by 873,761 to reach 33,176,029, it said.
According to the task force, the recipients of the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine represent 82.82 percent of the 40,349,049 people targeted by the first and second phases of the vaccination program.
The targeted vaccine recipients include healthcare workers, public service officers, and senior citizens.
Meanwhile, fully-vaccinated residents account for 35.36 percent of the recipients targeted by the first and second phase of the vaccination program.
Overall, the government is seeking to vaccinate 181.5 million citizens, or 70 percent of the country's population, to create herd immunity against the virus.
Health Minister Budi Gunawan Sadikin had earlier stated that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is keen to see the daily COVID-19 vaccination rate reach five million doses in August this year.
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"The President is optimistic that the daily vaccination target of one million doses would be achieved in July, 2021 and two million doses and, if necessary, five million doses by August, 2021," Sadikin noted during an online press conference in Jakarta on Tuesday.
The minister said he is upbeat about achieving the vaccination target of one million doses per day in July, 2021 since the government has received an additional 31 million vaccine doses.
The country is expected to receive another 45 million doses of the vaccine in August, 2021, so that the daily vaccination rate can be increased further, he remarked. (INE)
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